From fde25a9b63b9a3dc91365c394a426ebe64cfc2da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alan Stern Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:34:24 -0500 Subject: Driver core: driver_find() drops reference before returning As part of the removal of get_driver()/put_driver(), this patch (as1510) changes driver_find(); it now drops the reference it acquires before returning. The patch also adjusts all the callers of driver_find() to remove the now unnecessary calls to put_driver(). In addition, the patch adds a warning to driver_find(): Callers must make sure the driver they are searching for does not get unloaded while they are using it. This has always been the case; driver_find() has never prevented a driver from being unregistered or unloaded. Hence the patch will not introduce any new bugs. The existing callers all seem to be okay in this respect, however I don't understand the video drivers well enough to be certain about them. Signed-off-by: Alan Stern CC: Dmitry Torokhov CC: Kyungmin Park CC: Andy Walls CC: Martin Schwidefsky Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/media/video/s5p-fimc/fimc-mdevice.c | 5 +---- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/media/video/s5p-fimc') diff --git a/drivers/media/video/s5p-fimc/fimc-mdevice.c b/drivers/media/video/s5p-fimc/fimc-mdevice.c index 8ea4ee116e46..63eccb55728f 100644 --- a/drivers/media/video/s5p-fimc/fimc-mdevice.c +++ b/drivers/media/video/s5p-fimc/fimc-mdevice.c @@ -344,16 +344,13 @@ static int fimc_md_register_platform_entities(struct fimc_md *fmd) return -ENODEV; ret = driver_for_each_device(driver, NULL, fmd, fimc_register_callback); - put_driver(driver); if (ret) return ret; driver = driver_find(CSIS_DRIVER_NAME, &platform_bus_type); - if (driver) { + if (driver) ret = driver_for_each_device(driver, NULL, fmd, csis_register_callback); - put_driver(driver); - } return ret; } -- cgit v1.2.3